re: Trying to install an OS without a CD drive ?
Friday, July 13, 2007 at 11:47 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2059 messages posted)
A search should've collected dozens of answers for you. This same thing comes up
relatively frequently (I think my own question about it, back 4-5 years or so, maybe
a little less, is what first brought me here!)
All you have to do is copy the contents of the CD to a folder on the Hdd, use the
"Sys" command while running a Win9X OS to put a basic DOS 7 bootup OS fragment on
the drive, and then run the install from the Hdd folder.
You don't need to go to the trouble and expense of trying to use an external CD drive
for the purpose at all (and a question comes up about how many BIOSes are flexible
enough to allow booting from external CDs, which would be the simplest method, it
it could be used . . )
.
Kiwi
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On Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 5:40 pm, Unkzilla wrote:
>I've got an old Panasonic Toughbook CF-27 laptop.
>Unfortunately,it came without a CD drive.Floppy drive only.
>
>It was running W98,until the hard drive died.
>So I'm trying to install ME,on a new 40 Gig hard drive,
>but since there is no CD drive,I've tried installing the HD
>in another laptop,install ME,then swap it back.Doesn't work.Reinstall,then swap
at
>first reboot,no good.
>
>Tried booting from a PC CD drive hooked up to the USB port,didn't work.
>
>No matter what I've tried,I either get a cursor,and the keyboard doesn't work,or
>if I use a floppy Boot Disk,
>I end up with A:\>
>
>This model has a real cool touch screen,so I'd like to keep it.
>
>Any suggestions how to do this ?
>I'm not tied to ME,I just need something that works.
>
>Thanks.
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